There are some things in this world that will never be forgotten, this week’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing for one. But Moore’s Law and our ever-increasing quest for simpler, smaller, faster and better widgets and thingamabobs will always ensure that some of the technology we grew up with will not be passed down the line to the next generation of geeks. [via wired]

That is, of course, unless we tell them all about the good old days of modems and typewriters, slide rules and encyclopedias …

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